I can't help but feel like void wasn't void at all, and is implying some sort of 'passing on' to the afterlife proper. Like the husband was sent back to reincarnate because he wasn't ready to let go, while the wife's epiphany meant she was ready to let go and step into the next stage of existence, whether that be heaven, Hades, or just oblivious nonexistence. Sort of like someone coming to terms with the life they lived and being prepared to lay down to eternal rest.

>>119648965Who knows. Between her happy memories of the marriage up until death against his bitter ones, there's some grounds for unreliable flashbacks. Though that could simply be perspective, and the "arguing in the car" memory wasn't unlocked until after the first realization of the car crash.

The only thing he's guilty of is being a pushover. He should have confronted her about what he overheard, but he didn't because everything he does is to live a happy life with the one he loves. The girl on the other hand is a chronic liar. She only came clean to hurt her husband with the truth.

>>119648974It's pretty confusing as to what actually happened to be fair, at first I assumed that she was lying to him about cheating so he wouldn't feel guilty about killing her and their child. The "other person" she loved was him before he went all crazy and then she willing chose to go to the void and have him reincarnated because he was a nice guy before he heard what he did.

To be fair I still don't really understand it too well, why did she go to the void if she won and such. I hope it's explained next episode in a bit more detail.

I think, since she didn't end up reincarnating is that she achieved nirvana and that's what was meant by 'void'. Also, the show has a very eastern view of afterlife, so the whole thing isn't about punishment as much as it is about purifying.

>>119648965If the flashback wasn't true then there would be no reason to show a flashback of that in the first place, but the show did and not only that the guy she cheated on had his face in full detail.

To me he was just angry and felt betrayed, which is an appropriate response to finding out on your wedding day that your spouse only uses you for money.>inb4 accident was his faultIt fucking happens m8.

>>119649556Accident was literally him being jealous from overhearing shit that may or may have not been true. Also, he started acting up first when out of no where he remembers overhearing her friends.Wasn't she even going to sacrifice herself for him?

After all, Decim pretty much lied about them playing for their lives in order to get an earnest reaction out of them. He probably lies about playing for a spot in "Heaven or Hell" just so that the participants won't collude. Say that, just like in /a/, one person wants to be reincarnated and the other wants to go to the Void for their own reasons, they can just agree to go to those places and end all the drama and evaluation that Decim would have seen.

Neither result is really bad, though. A soul eventually goes to the Void after enough cycles, which has similar connotations to Heaven in Japan. It's pretty obvious the wife doesn't fit the typical bill of a Buddhist or Hindu that would escape the cycle of rebirth, but it really doesn't matter when the show can make up its own rules.

>>119649727>Wasn't she even going to sacrifice herself for him?Was it simply love that drove her to "sacrifice herself" for him? Because I think it's more of her feeling guilty that she cheated on her man.

>>119649810Least this will be the only anime this season where we actually talk about the show instead of say... A/Z where currently people are talking about how Gary Stu Eggman is and the shitposting of G Reco is better or talking about muh waifus with shows like that stepsister demon show.

>>119649727>Also, he started acting up first when out of no where he remembers overhearing her friends.Actually he stared acting out in the game when this scene flashed.

Basically, he knew that if he and his wife kept throwing darts away, he'd lose and he was afraid losing in this case would mean death. He was afraid that he was essentially sacrificing himself for his wife's sake, and devised instead to surreptitiously score some points at her expense when they were almost out of darts, in the hopes that she'd be the one to die in his stead, and that she wouldn't realize he was turning on her until it was too late.

It was a metaphor. If they maintained the status quo, the husband thought that she'd be getting more out of it than he would, and that he'd be losing out for her benefit.

That was the same insecurities he brought into the relationship as a rich doctor marrying a careerless woman. He was so readily able to believe that she was marrying him for his money and cheating on him because he was secretly afraid all along that she was getting more out of the relationship than he was.

>>119648847>>119648911>>119649038The characters weren't developed enough to form a well thought opinion about them. We don't really know too much about their relationship aside from the bits to know the big mistakes they made.

So far they showed us they loved each other. The wife cheated on him. The husband let a rumor clouded his judgment. He just wanted to protect his new family so it was logical he would try something. Sadly the wife also let other people know about the affair. Ultimately everything begun because of her negligence and died for his imprudence while driving.

You could interpret it that way, but there's also basis for it simply being a matter of perspective. The woman could remember happy memories because she didn't realize his suspicions, and because they didn't recover the full memory of the crash until later.

>>119649952This actually means that woman mask is not a good end and Hannya mask is not a bad end. Husband and Cheating Guy both freaked out and both got the woman mask. Michiko and Gramps both accepted their faith and got Hannya mask.

That reminds me, do religions that include reincarnation have rules about when you reincarnate? As in, will you come back as whatever right after the death of your previous life, some time after you die, or at no defined time?

>ambiguous ending involving the subject of infidelity Not trying to be a nofun guy, but the whole scenario is obviously designed to fuel discussion and may have been made to have no definite "correct" perspective.

>>119650326It's a continuation. Both Billiards and Parade 01 are about a single game, though the show itself will likely go on to be more focused on the characters in the bar rather than being Game of the Week.

>>119649675First thing i though seeing this is that>Hannya MaskDoctor must be jealous of some kind>Buddha mask or a Noh MaskFirst i thought that the Noh mask symbolizes that the woman was hiding something and by the end of the episode i was kinda give away that it may also be a Buddha mask to signify being enlighten or somethin

>>119649640>>119649675A greater understanding of the Hannya and Onna masks and the nuance of their meanings would probably help clear things up. I do know that that the Hannya mask represents the soul of a woman that succumbed to jealousy and obsession. This makes me the think that the husband leaving through and the wife entering the Hannya elevator at the ends implies that she took her husband's obsession upon herself in order to set him free.If someone has greater knowledge of Noh and the subtleties of its meanings it'd be nice to hear from that perspective.

>>119650525Why do people care so much about death? At the end of the day no matter what you believe in you'll die anyway making the entire pondering of life and death meaningless. Only thing that matters is well... no.

Good thing I'm a nihilism so I'm not worried about human shit like food and money and love that would cause a human to be savages.

what kind of fucking system is that? Is it ran by complete fucking beta pussies who can't handle some punches. i guess it wouldn't surprise me with the Japanese. those fucking manlets can never take the banter, even if their lives depended on it

i'll stay being a dick and asshole to everyone, even family members, just like the rest of the world. cry about it

>>119650685Some believe that what you do now will have an affect on what death is like. Also even if you're a nihilist you're human too so how do you not care about food? You can't just ignore hunger because it's cosmically insignificant by your judgement.

So, honestly how would you guys do if you were placed in the this. I haven't really done much wrong.

I think the worst stuff that I did was steal like 6 game boy advance games and some money from an old friend, along with fucking my other friend's gf several times behind his back and letting him know, but he deserved that one.

It's implied he convinced them to let him take the younger guys place in the reincarnation elevator, because the old guy wanted to go through and experience life again. Another chance to 'play the game'. Young guy, ironically had enough of life and being shat on, so he got the void option. Reincarnation is supposed to be the worse of the 2, so it was a forgone conclusion that young guy would be getting that, until the old guy offered to take his place instead (the request we don't hear). He's smiling because he's getting a round 2 at his favourite game, and he loves winning.

>>119651006Well, duh, it's different here.>>119650950He was smiling because of his dialogue with the bartender. Now, it sucks to be the nofun guy, but I doubt it has any real meaning. The author just wanted to fuck with the audience.

>>119651076I don't. I don't need electricity, food, internet, arms, legs, feet, eyes, ears. They're just nice to have. I don't need to live either, but I won't kill myself since there's no use to do something so pointless. I really don't need anything. Sure, I may get hungry and I may get hurt and feel pain, but I don't NEED help or treatment.

>>119650952Well, you only get here if you're in a situation where you die at the same time as another person, implying a direct connection between your deaths, so you'd have to have done something to end up here.

Of course we could get an episode where two people from opposite ends of the globe happened to die at the same time and don't even speak the same language.

>>119651148The 'bodies' hanging in the back are puppets. There's no penalty to refusing to play, it's just a scare tactic used to set up the game, just like claiming "you're playing a game with your lives on the line", and the final test about heaven and hell. There's nothing at stake and no real punishment, it's all just a test to see who needs to be reincarnated, and who's ready to move on

>>119651121Well you know people in Haiti have a simple life too, but their lifestyle shouldn't be appreciated. Unless of course you enjoy going around killing and raping and chimping out, but then in that case you should go directly to a nut house and get reprogrammed.

>>119651259>>119651249Will there be someone that sees through the crap and not fall for the tricks. I really want to see what happens when the scooby doo bar gang faces against an intelligent and logic person.

>>119651285Why do people keep thinking that ceasing to exist a bad thing? Hasn't this anime already shown that going to the void isn't "hell" per say and if you do keep all your memories then you should know that humanity can never be saved and isn't worth being saved if you look through human history.

>>119650546Here is the best I could find about specifically the Onna mask.

http://nohmask21.com/eu/femalestyle.html>taking their shape from the pictures and statues of BuddhaI think this confirms the Onna mask represents nirvana. And as you said the Hannya mask is tormented and obsessed. Which would make it a marker for reincarnation.

>>119651664Right is wearing a corset, so hers makes a little more sense, left is just nonsense. The animator probably drew right first, while referencing from some images of women in corsets, and then drew left off of the same reference without thinking.

>>119651344>>119651347>>119651372>>119651380>>119651437>>119651462>>119651519While I liked the OP and have some interest in the show and it's themes, some responses make me think that this show might really be edgy with an audience of edgy teenagers. Wathever I'll give it three episodes.>>119651564Yeah, he lives with me and he's really into japanese things and even attends to a "japanese" highschool. I watch anime just to have something to talk with him.

>>119651703>I think this confirms the Onna mask represents nirvana. And as you said the Hannya mask is tormented and obsessed. Which would make it a marker for reincarnation.Loli said at the end of the episode that the husband (Onna mask) is reincarnated and the wife (Hannya mask) goes to the void.

They specifically mentioned that the guy was going to be reincarnated, which is what happens continually until you break the cycle of reincarnation by achieving enlightenment. She actually got closer to what the western world would consider heaven than he did.

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